Q. What do you see as the major results of the meeting of the finance ministers from the Association of South-east Asian Nations and Japan, China and South Korea (Asean+3) held in tandem with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) meeting in Hanoi?
A: First, this meeting continued to give us assurance that mechanisms exist in our region for coordination and that, if the situation becomes less benign, we have Asean partners to work with on a coordinated basis.
